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L'MINA
by Randa Maroufi
Morocco, France, Italy, Qatar, 2025, 26’
Presented at the 18th edition of Lo schermo dell’arte, 2025
FOTOGRAPHY: Luca Coassin
EDITING: Céline Perréard, Randa Maroufi
SOUND: Sara Kaddouri, Toni Geitani, Randa Maroufi
PRODUCERS: Oumayma Zekri Ajarrai, Randa Maroufi
PRODUCTION: Shatamata Production
DISTRIBUTION: Square Eyes
EDITING: Céline Perréard, Randa Maroufi
SOUND: Sara Kaddouri, Toni Geitani, Randa Maroufi
PRODUCERS: Oumayma Zekri Ajarrai, Randa Maroufi
PRODUCTION: Shatamata Production
DISTRIBUTION: Square Eyes
ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION: may studio
CO-PRODUCTION: Fondazione In Between Art Film, Tifaw Films, Doha Film Institute
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Sharjah Film Platform, Mécènes du Sud, La Fondation des Artistes, Institut Français du Maroc, Cnap Image/mouvement, Le Fresnoy
ov: Moroccan Arabic; sub: English, Italian
CO-PRODUCTION: Fondazione In Between Art Film, Tifaw Films, Doha Film Institute
WITH THE SUPPORT OF: The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Sharjah Film Platform, Mécènes du Sud, La Fondation des Artistes, Institut Français du Maroc, Cnap Image/mouvement, Le Fresnoy
ov: Moroccan Arabic; sub: English, Italian
Jerada is a mining town in Morocco, where coal extraction – officially halted in 2001 – has continued informally to this day. L’MINA reconstructs current activity in the pits through a set designed in collaboration with the local residents, who perform their own roles on screen.
anda Maroufi (Casablanca, 1987; lives and works in Paris). Randa Maroufi (Casablanca, 1987; lives and works in Paris). Her work has been exhibited at institutions including: Le Nouveau Printemps/Toulouse (2025); L’Arc–Scène Nationale/Le Creusot (2025); MAC VAL/Vitry-sur-Seine (2024); Museum Hof van Busleyden/Mechelen (2024); Biennale de Lyon (2022); Museo de Reina Sofía, Madrid (2021); New Museum, New York (2020).
Her films have been presented at international festivals such as Cannes, FID Marseille, IFFR Rotterdam, IndieLisboa, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
Maroufi has been awarded the 2025–2026 fellowship in photography and cinema at the French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici.
Her films have been presented at international festivals such as Cannes, FID Marseille, IFFR Rotterdam, IndieLisboa, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin.
Maroufi has been awarded the 2025–2026 fellowship in photography and cinema at the French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici.
Selected Filmography
2025 L’mina 2019 Bab Sebta 2019 Barbès 2017 Stand-by Office 2015 The Park 2014 The Great Safae
2025 L’mina 2019 Bab Sebta 2019 Barbès 2017 Stand-by Office 2015 The Park 2014 The Great Safae